it says it's going to take control of all south korean property at mount kumgang. the resort opened in 1988 as a joint tourism project. it is located within the borders of north korea. about a million people from south korea visited over a decade but the country stopped sending tour groups in 2008 after a north korean soldier shot and killed one of its citizens. the two neighbors resumed talks on the issue in june, but the discussions did not go anywhere. the north's official korean central news agency says its country maintains that south korean authorities totally abandon protection of their property and interests at mount kumgang. the north also ordered south korean staff to leave the resort. a spokesman says the government will respond by taking the matter to an international organization. >> translator: north korea's unilateral action cannot be tolerated. it is clear that all the responsibilities related to this should be borne by the north. >> north korea is apparently trying to shake up south korea with this latest move and at the same time it's working on i